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Chesterfield planning staff lays out ZOMOD timeline, four ordinance changes and public outreach for 2025
Summary
Planning Department staff told the Board the county will replace Chapter 19 with a new zoning ordinance (ZOMOD), pursue three related ordinance adjustments, and begin broad public engagement in spring and summer 2025, with a target public hearing in mid‑July.
Mr. Gillies, a Planning Department representative, briefed the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors on a slate of zoning and long‑range planning projects the county plans to advance through 2025, including a full replacement of the existing zoning ordinance and a schedule of public outreach.
“Exciting times for the planning department this year,” Mr. Gillies said, summarizing the department’s work program. He told the board staff will release draft 3 of the zoning ordinance modernization (ZOMOD) in mid‑March and hold a planning commission work session on March 18 before making that draft public for comment.
The briefing matters because ZOMOD will replace Chapter 19 of the county code and change how properties convert from the current zoning map to the new zoning framework, which affects property owners, developers and county permitting processes.
Mr. Gillies said four ordinance changes will move forward in 2025: the Zoning Ordinance Modernization (ZOMOD) to replace Chapter 19; amendments to the Subdivision Ordinance (Chapter 17) to align parcel and subdivision processes with ZOMOD; limited changes to…
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